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Mel Gaynor

<p><b>Mel George Gaynor</b> (born 29 May 1959<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span>) is a British drummer, best known as the longtime drummer for the rock band <a href="/en/Simple_Minds" title="Simple Minds" class="wl">Simple Minds</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-amg_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-amg-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></p>

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font-size: 125%;"><div class="">Mel Gaynor</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size"><a href="/en/File:Mel_Gaynor_Simple_Minds_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Gaynor performing in 2006" data-hash="File:Mel_Gaynor_Simple_Minds_(cropped).jpg"><img loading="lazy"alt="Gaynor performing in 2006" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Mel_Gaynor_Simple_Minds_%28cropped%29.jpg/220px-Mel_Gaynor_Simple_Minds_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="482" data-file-height="597" data-file-type="bitmap" height="272" width="220" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Mel_Gaynor_Simple_Minds_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Mel_Gaynor_Simple_Minds_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Mel_Gaynor_Simple_Minds_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Mel_Gaynor_Simple_Minds_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Gaynor performing in 2006</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #b0c4de">Background information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Birth name</span></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Mel George Gaynor</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1959-05-29</span>) </span>29 May 1959<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age<span>&nbsp;</span>63)</span><br><a href="/en/Balham,_London" title="Balham, London" class="mw-redirect wl">Balham, London</a>, England</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Genres</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:": "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:" · ";font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:" (";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:")";font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist ">
<ul><li><a href="/en/New_wave_music" title="New wave music" class="wl">New wave</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Rock_music" title="Rock music" class="wl">rock</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Pop_music" title="Pop music" class="wl">pop</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/Hard_rock_music" title="Hard rock music" class="mw-redirect wl">hard rock</a></li></ul>
</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Occupation(s)</th><td class="infobox-data role">Drummer</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Years active</span></th><td class="infobox-data">1982–present</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color: #b0c4de"></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="http://melgaynor.com" class="external text" target="_blank">melgaynor<wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt9">Musical artist</div>



Mel George Gaynor is a British drummer, best known as the longtime drummer for the rock band Simple Minds. 